Happiest Minds Technologies - Azure Architect - Kubernetes/DevOps

Role : ARCHITECT - Azure

Location : Any where in India.

Job Description :

Responsibilities :

- Hands-on design, implementation, and operation of Kubernetes clusters (AKS, EKS, GKE) including upgrades, scaling, node pools, networking, and cluster add-ons.

- Hands-on deployment and management of containerized workloads, including Helm charts, Kustomize, operators, service mesh, ingress controllers, and autoscaling.

- Develop and maintain Terraform modules for Kubernetes clusters, cloud resources, and platform components.

- Build, optimize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines) specifically for containerized applications and GitOps workflows.

- Implement Kubernetes-native automation such as admission controllers, policy engines, automated remediation, and cluster governance.

- Define and enforce DevOps processes for build, test, release, and production operations in a Kubernetes-first environment.

- Lead hands-on incident management and root-cause analysis for cluster failures, workload issues, networking problems, and cloud infrastructure incidents.

- Work directly with application teams to onboard workloads to Kubernetes: pod design, resource sizing, capacity planning, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.

- Manage cloud infrastructure supporting Kubernetes: VPC/VNet design, load balancers, storage classes, registries, identity, secrets, and observability stacks.

- Implement security as code across clusters: RBAC, Pod Security Standards, network policies, image scanning, compliance automation, and secret management.

- Mentor engineers through hands-on guidance, code reviews, architecture reviews, and troubleshooting sessions.

- Support data workloads, including Databricks deployments integrated with cloud and Kubernetes environments.

Skills & Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or related field.

- Fluent in English.

- 12+ years of hands-on experience designing and operating cloud solutions on AWS, Azure, and GCP.

- Deep hands-on Kubernetes experience (AKS, EKS, GKE) including cluster lifecycle, workload orchestration, networking, storage, and security.

- Advanced Terraform experience, building reusable modules and multi-cloud provisioning.

- Hands-on CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, and container-focused delivery pipelines.

- Strong scripting experience with PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.

- Solid Linux fundamentals and container runtime knowledge.

- Good understanding of programming languages such as Python.

- Hands-on experience with Databricks and cloud-native data engineering environments.

- Excellent troubleshooting skills across Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems.

Mandatory Skills:

- Azure Cloud Architecture

- Kubernetes (AKS)

- Terraform

- GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps Pipelines

- Docker & Containerization

- Helm & Kustomize

- GitOps Implementation

- Python / Bash / PowerShell

- Linux Administration

- Databricks

- Kubernetes Security & Governance

- Multi-Cloud Exposure (AWS/GCP)

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